Robin Hood Case Analysis
CASE STUDY
ROBIN-HOOD
ANALYSIS
By:
Aditi Gupta
Executive Summary
This case study is about Robin Hood and his Marrymen’s run-ins with the Sheriff of Nottingham. In the second year of revolt of Robin against Sheriff, with large numbers of recruits, pouring in, from every corner of England, Robin met his objective of strengthening man force. Although he was satisfied with the strength of the band, he realized resources and funds are insufficient to meet the needs of the organization, but they cannot drop the idea of “Robbing the Rich and Giving to Poor”. To sort with the problem of decreasing revenues, Robin proposed the idea of taxing his allies. Also, they need to stay focused on their major goal to reinstate King Richard, the Lionheart, to the position of Prince, as to ensure future amnesty for Robin Hood and his men.
SCENARIO ANALYSIS * ROBIN HOOD : decision maker and delegator of power * SCARLOCK : took care of finances and all monetary matters. * WILL SCARLETT : Intelligence and scouting in-charge * LITTLE JOHN : kept discipline among men * Much (Miller’s son) : provisioning the increasing band of merrymen
Although the current management structure was proved successful in the past, but with the increase in number of marrymen whole structure was demolished due to scarcity of food and resources, finance non-availability as well as disciplinary problems. And Robin’s idea of taxing his own allies, to meet the finance problem, was unfavorable to the farmers and the townspeople’. But current management structure proves out to be a chaos because of lawlessness and mismanagement. ISSUES * The band of merry men cannot rely solely on robbing from rich merchants. It is not meeting their financial needs and thus causing low productivity among them. * The band is rising at an uncontrollable rate in Sherwood Forest which
ROBIN-HOOD
ANALYSIS
By:
Aditi Gupta
Executive Summary
This case study is about Robin Hood and his Marrymen’s run-ins with the Sheriff of Nottingham. In the second year of revolt of Robin against Sheriff, with large numbers of recruits, pouring in, from every corner of England, Robin met his objective of strengthening man force. Although he was satisfied with the strength of the band, he realized resources and funds are insufficient to meet the needs of the organization, but they cannot drop the idea of “Robbing the Rich and Giving to Poor”. To sort with the problem of decreasing revenues, Robin proposed the idea of taxing his allies. Also, they need to stay focused on their major goal to reinstate King Richard, the Lionheart, to the position of Prince, as to ensure future amnesty for Robin Hood and his men.
SCENARIO ANALYSIS * ROBIN HOOD : decision maker and delegator of power * SCARLOCK : took care of finances and all monetary matters. * WILL SCARLETT : Intelligence and scouting in-charge * LITTLE JOHN : kept discipline among men * Much (Miller’s son) : provisioning the increasing band of merrymen
Although the current management structure was proved successful in the past, but with the increase in number of marrymen whole structure was demolished due to scarcity of food and resources, finance non-availability as well as disciplinary problems. And Robin’s idea of taxing his own allies, to meet the finance problem, was unfavorable to the farmers and the townspeople’. But current management structure proves out to be a chaos because of lawlessness and mismanagement. ISSUES * The band of merry men cannot rely solely on robbing from rich merchants. It is not meeting their financial needs and thus causing low productivity among them. * The band is rising at an uncontrollable rate in Sherwood Forest which